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How Do You Spell Greenwash? P-N-C

From Wikipedia:Greenwashing (a
portmanteau of “green” and “whitewash”) is a term describing the
deceptive use of green PR or green marketing in order to promote a
misleading perception that a company’s policies or products (such as
goods or services) are environmentally friendly.

Containing a “15,000 square-foot Eco-Skygarden covering half of the
12-story building’s roof” and “a three-story ‘climate wall’ of
constantly falling water, which controls temperature and humidity in the
lobby” the building is PNC’s latest big greenwash.

Why is this an exercise in greenwashing? Because, PNC is the largest
funder of mountaintop removal in the U.S. They gave over $130 million
to six of the eight largest mountaintop removal coal companies.Early last week, Rainforest Action Network, Rev. Billy, the Earth Quaker Action Team and many others did a sit-in at PNC’s flagship branch in Washington D.C. during Appalachia Rising.

Look for more as we amp up our campaign against them and be sure to tell the CEO James Rohr what you think about his bank’s policies.

Subtitle:

The "greenest bank in the business" turns out to be the largest funder of mountaintop removal coal mining in the U.S.